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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
reflective
fast-paced
informative
reflective
fast-paced
girl you have done it again. Constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
inspiring
relaxing
fast-paced
simply, boldly, without fear.
A quick 30 minute read that enlightens the soul on simplicity and virtue.
A quick 30 minute read that enlightens the soul on simplicity and virtue.
emotional
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inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Deep. Maybe too deep for me.
I read the Jonathan Star translation which was definitely better than some other ones I browsed through.
Big takeaways:
- give selflessly
- be humble
- real gangsters move in silence
- change is the only constant and healthy state of the universe
- anyone who opposes change is doomed to fail
- embracing change and that as the way of the world is healthy
- live a simple life
I think the first 15 verses were the best. Also loved verse 80.
That said -
It was clearly designed for a culture outside our current western one so I didn’t feel it translated very easily to our society.
I also feel weird abt how it tells us we will gain material goods and glory from wanting the opposite. I felt it could have been easier to understand without the contradictory language.
It also has a lot of empire building related metaphors which I get can also reference leadership but are a bit out of place in such an introspective book.
It’s a strange prose but I get the message ? Kinda ?
I did walk away from it feeling like this would not float well with capitalism though. But maybe I’m too immature to get it.
I read the Jonathan Star translation which was definitely better than some other ones I browsed through.
Big takeaways:
- give selflessly
- be humble
- real gangsters move in silence
- change is the only constant and healthy state of the universe
- anyone who opposes change is doomed to fail
- embracing change and that as the way of the world is healthy
- live a simple life
I think the first 15 verses were the best. Also loved verse 80.
That said -
It was clearly designed for a culture outside our current western one so I didn’t feel it translated very easily to our society.
I also feel weird abt how it tells us we will gain material goods and glory from wanting the opposite. I felt it could have been easier to understand without the contradictory language.
It also has a lot of empire building related metaphors which I get can also reference leadership but are a bit out of place in such an introspective book.
It’s a strange prose but I get the message ? Kinda ?
I did walk away from it feeling like this would not float well with capitalism though. But maybe I’m too immature to get it.
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced